Canopy-holder for bedsteads.



PATENTED MAY 10, 1904.

J. M. GRAHAM.

CANOPY HOLDER FOR'BEDSTEADS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 6 1901,

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No. 759,698. PATENTED MAY 10, 1964.

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Patented May 10, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

JOSEPHINE M. GRAHAM, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CANOPY-HOLDER FOR BEDSTEADS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,698, dated. May 10,1904.

Application filed May 6, 1901.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPHINE M. GRAHAM, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Canopy-Holders for Bedsteads, of which the following isa specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and simple form ofcanopy-holder for bedsteads which can be readily applied to or removedfrom the bed, can be easily and quickly adjusted to suit different sizesof beds, and will provide for the support of the canopy at any desiredheight. This object I at tain in the manner hereinafter set forth,re'lference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1is a perspective View of a bedstead with canopy-holder constructed inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly insection, of one of the side bars of the canopy-holder and its supportingdevices. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan on the line a a, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is aView of the transverse foot-bar of the canopy-holder. Fig. 5 is asectional view illustrating the construction of one of the supportingmembers of the canopy-holder when the same is intended for applicationto a wooden headboard. Fig. 6 is a view of one of the side bars and itssupporting-rod when said side bar is flat instead of tubular, and Fig. 7is a plan View of the same.

Suitably secured to the head of the bed are a pair of sockets 1 and apair of clips 2, which serve to support and confine to said head of thebed a pair of upright rods 3, each of said rods carrying one of the sidebars of the canopy-holder.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the socket 1 and clip 2 have wings 4extending on each side of and part way around a vertical rod of the headof the bed, the inner ends of the wings being secured together by meansof a clamp-screw 5, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to securely confine themto said rod. i/Vhen, however, the device is intended for attachment to awooden headboard instead of to a metallic bed, the socket and clip maybe secured to the headboard by means of ordinary wood-screws Serial No.58,969.

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shown in Figs. '3 and 5, one on the outside of the canopy-supporting rod3 and the other between the same and the rod or headboard of the bedstructure, so as to prevent direct con tact of said supporting-rod 3with the bed structure. Each of the rods 3 has at the up per end a clip7 with clamp-screw 9, and this clip has two projecting arms 10 and 11,which serve to pivot and support the side bar of the canopy-frame, saidside bar being composed of telescopic sections 12 and 13, the innersection 12 being pivoted to the outer end of the arm 10 by means of abolt 14, and said inner section also resting in a socket 15 at the outerend of the arm 11, so that lateral play of the same is prevented, and itis not only supported vertically, but properly held in linelongitudinally.

The outer end of the sliding section 13 of the telescopic bar has ablock 16 notched for the reception of one end of the transverse foot-barof the canopy-support, this bar being likewise telescopic and composedof sections 17 and 19, one sliding within the other and each beingpreferably of tubular form flattened at the ends, as shown at 20 in Fig.4, for engagement with the blocks 16 of the side bars.

As the clips 7 can be adjusted to any desired vertical position on therods 3, the top 01 the canopy can be held at any desired height abovethe bed, the telescopic character of the side and end bars of thecanopy-holder permitting adjustment of the same to suit any desiredlength and width of bed.

The canopy-holder can be readily applied or removed from the bed bysimply lifting the rods 3 out of or dropping them into the supportsprovided by the sockets 1 and clips 2 without necessitating the removalof the latter from the bed, and when the canopy is not in use during theday the side bars can be contracted to their full extent and thrown backagainst the wall without removing the canopy therefrom, so that the samewill be out of the way and will occupy but little space.

In the modification of my invention shown in Figs. 6 and 7 fiat bars 21.and 22 replace the round bars 12 and 13, these bars being pivotedtogether at 23 and the inner bar being pivoted to the supportingstructure 24 at 25. The structure 24 depends from the rod 3, so as tosupport the canopy at a lower level than the top of the rod, and thelower projecting arm 26 of the supporting structure is twisted at theend, so as to form a socket 27 for the support of the inner bar 21, theouter bar 22 being supported horizontally in line with the bar 21 by aprojecting lug 29 on the latter.

Having thus described my invention,1 claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent' 1. A canopy-holder for bedsteads comprising verticalrods secured to the head of the bed, canopy-supporting bars, and pivotstructures therefor having clamps vertically adjustable upon saidvertical rods, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the canopy-supporting bar of a canopy-holder forbedsteads, with a pivot and supporting structure therefor comprising anupper arm to which the bar is pivoted a projecting lower arm having asocket which embraces and laterally confines said bar, and a clampcarrying both of the arms and adapted to be secured to a verticalsupporting-rod on the bed frame, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of substantially vertical rods having means forattachment to a bed, clips mounted to slide on said rods having meanswhereby they may be maintained in any desired position thereon,with acanopysupporting bar for each clip, said bars being pivotally connectedto their respective clips and being supported by a portion of the clipsat a point other than that of their pivotal connection therewith.

4. The combination in a canopy-holder for bedsteads, ofcanopy-supporting bars, vertical rods carrying the same, and clampingdevices for securing said vertical rods to the bed-frame, each of saidclamping devices comprising a bent plate embracing a rod of thebed-frame, another bent plate embracing both the canopy-supporting rodand the rod of the bed-frame, and a clamp-screw for drawing together thefree ends of said plates, substantially as specified.

5. The combination with a vertical rod having means whereby it may beconnected to a bed, a two-armed piece carried by the upper portion ofsaid vertical rod, with a canopysupporting bar engaged by both of thearms of said piece, one of said arms being pivoted to the bar and theother having means for engaging and supporting said bar, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

' JOSEPHINE M. GRAHAM.

Witnesses:

F. E. BEoH'roLD, J os. H. KLEIN.

